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Which SEC school will this happen to first?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:26 pm
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Several athletes at the University of Texas at Austin are refusing to participate in recruiting incoming players or show up at donor-related events if university and athletics officials fail to respond to a list of demands geared toward supporting black students, according to a statement posted Friday afternoon by dozens of the student athletes on Twitter.
Brennan Eagles, the school's sophomore wide receiver, and Brandon Jones, a senior defensive back, were among the students who posted the statement, detailing a list of actions Longhorn athletes want the university's athletics department to take. These include donating 0.5% of the department's annual earnings to the Black Lives Matter movement and black organizations, establishing a permanent black athletic history exhibit in the Athletics Hall of Fame and renaming parts of the football stadium after Julius Whittier, the first black football letterman at UT-Austin.
In addition to demands specific to the athletics department, athletes also want UT officials to rename campus buildings named after Texans who were proponents of segregation or held other racist views, remove a statue of prominent segregationist James Hogg and discontinue the school song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has ties to minstrel shows and was created during segregation. Other calls to action include requiring a module on the history of racism at UT and increasing outreach efforts to inner-city schools in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
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Several athletes at the University of Texas at Austin are refusing to participate in recruiting incoming players or show up at donor-related events if university and athletics officials fail to respond to a list of demands geared toward supporting black students, according to a statement posted Friday afternoon by dozens of the student athletes on Twitter.
Brennan Eagles, the school's sophomore wide receiver, and Brandon Jones, a senior defensive back, were among the students who posted the statement, detailing a list of actions Longhorn athletes want the university's athletics department to take. These include donating 0.5% of the department's annual earnings to the Black Lives Matter movement and black organizations, establishing a permanent black athletic history exhibit in the Athletics Hall of Fame and renaming parts of the football stadium after Julius Whittier, the first black football letterman at UT-Austin.
In addition to demands specific to the athletics department, athletes also want UT officials to rename campus buildings named after Texans who were proponents of segregation or held other racist views, remove a statue of prominent segregationist James Hogg and discontinue the school song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has ties to minstrel shows and was created during segregation. Other calls to action include requiring a module on the history of racism at UT and increasing outreach efforts to inner-city schools in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:27 pm to gladchiefisgone
Good luck with that.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:28 pm to gladchiefisgone
Texas football is dead
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:28 pm to gladchiefisgone
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establishing a permanent black athletic history exhibit in the Athletics Hall of Fame and renaming parts of the football stadium after Julius Whittier, the first black football letterman at UT-Austin
EQUALITY!!!!!
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:39 pm to gladchiefisgone
I won't donate another dollar to the University of South Carolina if it comes to this. There's no telling where this will end if universities start down this path.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:43 pm to gladchiefisgone
I would say good riddance to those players.
Honestly if football goes away, it would not hurt my feelings a bit. If there is no football who is that going to hurt the worst?
The last three months, I have been so busy that I have not even missed sports so if these players want to self destruct their sports they are welcome to do so. I will not miss them.
Honestly if football goes away, it would not hurt my feelings a bit. If there is no football who is that going to hurt the worst?
The last three months, I have been so busy that I have not even missed sports so if these players want to self destruct their sports they are welcome to do so. I will not miss them.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:44 pm to gamecockman12
They will agree to all demands by midnight tomorrow.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:54 pm to gladchiefisgone
I doubt they would want these guys around recruits or at fund raisers.
Just play or leave.
Just play or leave.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 5:56 pm to SmackoverHawg
I misread the thread, thought it was saying where would removals happen first. As far as the players, maybe Vandy

Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:40 pm to jbmccul
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Aggy
No, A&M athletes organized a peaceful rally and invited other students and coaches to join. It happened without incident or violence.
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:41 pm to gladchiefisgone
I'm done with college football if this happens.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:42 pm to gladchiefisgone
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Other calls to action include requiring a module on the history of racism at UT and increasing outreach efforts to inner-city schools in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
Conveniently left out San Antonio and El Paso I see. But they can’t be racist right?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:26 pm to Godawgs4
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The last three months, I have been so busy that I have not even missed sports so if these players want to self destruct their sports they are welcome to do so. I will not miss them.
I agree with this. I have loved sports my entire life. They’re my #1 personal hobby. I have enough memories to last my entire lifetime and now I’ve seen LSU and the Washington capitals (the only two teams I truly care for) win championships. I am shocked at how easily I’ve gotten along without live sports. I would have laughed at myself a year ago if I had told myself this would happen. I too have been incredibly busy the entire pandemic with work and new hobbies. If sports went away I’d find somewhere else to spend my time easily. These players would destroy their potential to make millions.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:48 pm to gladchiefisgone
How incredibly stupid can these players be? Keep Austin crazy I guess. Don’t play. Don’t get drafted. Don’t make a great living.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:59 pm to jbmccul
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Aggy.
Nope. The people running our school have a backbone and we do not have the racist history of stealing a blackface minstrel song for our school song.
Our school song was writtn by a Marine while standing guard on the front lines.

Posted on 6/13/20 at 12:00 am to gladchiefisgone
Smart money is on Mizzou.
Vandy would be my dark horse.
Vandy would be my dark horse.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 12:06 am to gladchiefisgone
I mean LSU did the surrender cobra when a video surfaced of a kid who hadn't even enrolled saying the n word emerged and caused faux panic
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Posted on 6/13/20 at 12:55 am to jlovel7
“I agree with this. I have loved sports my entire life. They’re my #1 personal hobby. I have enough memories to last my entire lifetime and now I’ve seen LSU and the Washington capitals (the only two teams I truly care for) win championships. I am shocked at how easily I’ve gotten along without live sports. I would have laughed at myself a year ago if I had told myself this would happen. I too have been incredibly busy the entire pandemic with work and new hobbies. If sports went away I’d find somewhere else to spend my time easily. These players would destroy their potential to make millions.“
I am a State grad and a lifelong Bulldog fan but I have plenty of other ways to enjoy myself besides sports.
I lost interest in pro sports about 35 years ago. I will follow individual players but I don’t have to watch the NFL or the NBA or MLB and rarely do anymore.
Heck during the Super Bowl I spent more talking with old friends at a party than I did actually watching the game.
I am a State grad and a lifelong Bulldog fan but I have plenty of other ways to enjoy myself besides sports.
I lost interest in pro sports about 35 years ago. I will follow individual players but I don’t have to watch the NFL or the NBA or MLB and rarely do anymore.
Heck during the Super Bowl I spent more talking with old friends at a party than I did actually watching the game.
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